Scrubbing-brush



ufNiTEn N sTATEs PATENT oTTicE.

GEORGE CARVER, OE CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SCBUBBING-BRUSI-I.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,689, dated August 1, 1844.

To all wlw/m, t may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE CARVER, of the borough of Chambersburg, in thecounty of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anImprovement in the Manner of Constructing Scrubbing Brushes and Blocks,which improved apparatus I denominate Carvers Scrubbing Brush and Block;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof.

In the accompanying drawing I have given a representation of myinvention, No. l showing a vertical'section of a block, boX, socket, andbrush, designed for one, two, or more brushes, No. 2 showing the boX andsocket at ,full size, which are set in the block by boring a two inchhole, and on passing a piece of wire through the block, box, and socket;said wire secures the block, and box and socket, which are of cast iron,vfirmly together, and forms the joint and hinge. The drawing No. 3 showsthe upper per face of the block intended for a single brush, the brushbeing made fast to the block by nails or screws. The large longitudinalspace in the center of the draft, marked A, A, is 'a groove, to allowthe socket, to which a handle is attached, to work with freedom, as whenscrubbing under a stove, or other immovable obstruction; the transverseone, marked B, E, shows the direction in which the wire is inserted,which makes the joint and hinge.

Having thus fully described the mode in which I construct the improvedscrubbing brush and block, what I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The application of the joint and hinge to the scrubbing brush and block,whether in, on, or at the side, so as to operate in the manner and forthe purpose herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, this tenth day of July,one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

GEORGE CARVER.

Witnesses JOHN DUNHAM, BATES Si-IAEER.

